Wiki markup is an effective way to make your comments expressive and structured. Talk Inline Comments supports wiki markup with several restrictions. On this page you will find most handy markup syntax that can be used in Talk comments:
For a complete description of wiki markup in Confluence, please, refer to Atlassian's documentation.
Text Effects
You can use bold, italics and strikethrough text in your comments.
| Markup | Syntax |
|---|---|
| Text in bold | *Text in bold* |
| Text in italics | _Text in italics_ |
-Strikethrough text- |
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Links
You can provide links to external pages on the web or to a page in the same Confluence instance.
| Markup | Syntax |
|---|---|
| Link to an external source |
[sometext|http://your-url.com]
|
| Link to a Confluence page | [pagetitle] |
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Lists
You can use numbered and bulleted lists with as many levels as you want. If a list is followed by some text, it may be a good idea to add a blank line after it.
| Markup | Syntax | Syntax for nested lists |
|---|---|---|
| Numbered List | # a# numbered# list | # a## numbered### list |
| Bulleted List | * a* bulleted* list | * a** bulleted*** list |
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Quoting
There're two ways of quoting text:
- by typing
bq.before the quoted text - by using the
{quote}macro.
The former is better for short quotations and the latter is preferable for lengthy ones.
| Markup | Syntax |
|---|---|
| Single line quote | bq. |
| Multiple lines quote | {quote}Lines of quoted text{quote} |
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Emoticons
You can add various emoticons in your comments.
| Markup | Syntax |
|---|---|
 | :) |
 | :( |
 | (!) |
 | (/) |
 | (+) |
 | (-) |
 | (?) |
 | (i) |
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